AMBODE HOSTS ALIKO DANGOTE, REITERATES COMMITMENT TO MAKE LAGOS INVESTORS’ HAVEN

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode today, hosted the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote on a visit, giving a commitment that the present administration is willing and ready to make investors have a comfortable business profile in the state.

The Governor who spoke at the Lagos House, Ikeja added that the administration is ready to support the Dangote Group where it is necessary towards ensuring that investors have a comfortable life.

“I will just call on other investors that wherever it is that we can assist we are willing and ready to make sure that investors have comfortable life and comfortable business profile in Lagos State”, the Governor said in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Habib Aruna.

The Governor, who described the visit as very significant, promised that his administration would open up the state for greater business just as it is also interested in attracting foreign investors through its creation of an Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment.

“This visit is highly significant. We said it that we are going to open up Lagos State for greater business and we also said we are
interested in bringing in foreign investors and also create an Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment”, he also said.

“This visit is symbolic in the sense that the bottom line is creating jobs for our youths and he has shown full commitment as a great Nigerian that he is interested in investing in any part of this country. But most significantly in Lagos state and we are ready to support him and support all his businesses because he is adding value.

“I will just call on other investors that wherever it is that we can assist, we are willing and ready to make sure that investors have comfortable life and comfortable business profile in Lagos state and once again I want to thank you for being here”, he said.

The Governor also thanked the Dangote Group President for donating N400 million through the Dangote Foundation to 2,000 women in each of the 20 local governments in the state towards assisting in improving their businesses.

Addressing state house correspondents shortly after the meeting, Alhaji Dangote said he and his team were at the Lagos House to congratulate Governor Ambode on his victory at the poll as well as his swearing in as the 14th Chief Executive Officer of the state.

The frontline business mogul said the visit also afforded him the opportunity to assure the Governor of his commitment to finish ongoing projects currently being embarked upon by his company as well as his continued support to initiatives geared towards securing lives and properties.

“I’ve assured him that we really love doing business here, it’s a friendly state for doing business and also to assure him of all the
projects that we are doing that we are on course; that is building the largest ever single refinery of